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If so, it DAYS. Out of Cotton G< us. We wil Our mill reasonable. Smart T Our sale HUGE STATUE OF BUDDHA. The Mammoth Reclining Figure at Rangun. Burma. To the eastern traveler the statue of Buddha is a familiar sight. 1roV Colombo, in Ceylon. to Kobe. i Japan, he is everywhere greeted by the same calm, impassive and nysterious face of the eastern preceptor of pe:fect ioii. But in no city in the orient do the form and face of Buddha constitute so frequent or so essential a part of the city's decoration as in Rliangun, Bur ma, starting place of Mr. Kipligs famous "Road to Mandalay." the stronghold of Buddhists. Notab!e even among the countless statues of Rangun is the mammoth Buddha, rt resenting the ~strange teacher not standing or sitting crosslegged, as li the majority of statues, but reclining on a huge raised couch, his mighty form stretched out for 201 feet. while his shoulders rival the width of that wonder of the ancient world, the Colos sus of Rholes, their titanic breadth reaching fifty feet. But one among the wonders of Ran gun, this mighty figure rests near the famous Shoay Dagon, the center of the Burmese Buddhist world, crowned by the golden pagoda, which rises 300 feet above it, its walls covered with pure gold, the gift of a prince who contrib uted his we:.ght in gold to the pagoda. In the Shoay Dagon there are countless other statues of Buddha, as well as relics of Gautarma, the last Buddha. All, equally with the huge reclining Buddha, form a part of t'.: religious rites of the Buddhists, for the es sence of Buddhism consists in the struggle to 'ecome like Buddha. to at - tain his perfection by obedience to his precepts. To do this it is neeesstry al ways to have Buddha in mind, and it is for this reason that every city in the Buddhist world is literally crowded with his images. Buddha himself is not deified. Potentially every Bud dhist may attain his perfection, but only by the eternal imitation of his practice. But, while statues such as Rangun's huge colossus are important in Bud dhist worship, of even more importance are the relics of Buddha. It was about the Shoay Dlagon that the Burmese made their last fierce fight when the British came to Rangun. A Venetian traveler of 300 years ago vis iting the Shoay Dlagon has left a de scription of this famous temple, con ceding its claim to rivalry with his own Venice, that would serve as a con temporaneous description, and today, as in untold centuries past, the Bur mese still bring their offerings of fiow ers and fruit, candles and paper flags, to lay before the huge reclining Bud dha, whose hands would afford com fortable standing room for four of the worshipers and whose gigantic face wears the strange, inscrutable expres sion of calm which is the outward mark of spiritual Buddhism. -New York Tribune. The Turkey's Real Naane. The original name of the turkey was oocoocoo, by which it was known by the native Cherokee Indians. It is sup posed that our pilgrim fathers, roam Ing through the woods in search of game for their first Thanksgiving spread, heard the oocoocoo calling in the familiar tones of our domesticated fowl, "Turk, turk. turk." These first -Yankee huntsmen, mistaking this frightened cry of the bird for its real song, immediately labeled it "turkey," and turkey it is to this day. Much more beautiful and musical was the Indian name oocoocoo, the notes pe culiar to the flock when sunning them selves in perfect content on the river beaches.-Sunset Magazine. He Told the Truth. An Irish gentleman had a splendid looking cow, but she kicked so much that it took a very long time and it was almost impossible to milk her, so he sent her to a fair to be sold and told his herdsman to be sure not to sell her without letting the buyer know her faults. He brought home a 1a-rge price which he had got for it. His master was surprised and said. "Are you sure you told all about her?' "Bedad, I did, sir," said the herdsman. "H~e asked mce whether she was a good milker. 'Bie gorra, sir,' says I, 'it's you'd be tired milking her.' "-"Seventy Years of Irish Life.". The 'Dragon Tree. The dragon tree (Dracaena draco), which yields the astringent gum resin . called dragon's blood, is an old settler of the Canary islands. A veritable co lossus of this family once grew in ;the town of Orotava, Tenerife, which was eighty feet in circumference at the base, hollow inside, with a staircase for visitors to ascend to the branch ing top of the trunk. Humboldt re marks that its antiquity must have been greater than that of the pyre mids. This giant went down in a hurri cane in 18G7. He Sold and Left. A lawyer had a horse that alwvays stopped and refused to cross am certain bridge leading out of the city. Nc whipping, no urging. would induce him to cross it. so he ad'vertised him. "T. be sold for no other reason than that the owner wants to get out of tow'n." A strong Part. Soubrette-Yes, the understudy s-tys he used to have a v-ery strong part on the stage. Comedian--So he did. Ie used to be a scene shifter an l lift the amutains and arles--d'hicnen News. 1o You Li will pay you handsomely to t buyer in New York writes us: )ods, comprising printed and v I have unheard=of bargains foi iners, the force being doubled, ew Shoes that are quite inexp of American Beauty Corsets' . L. M I SPARTAN VIRTUE. It In a Fine Thing if It In Not Ad- wh vertised Too Much. t A Spartan virtue seems to have the inherent quality of making its possess -or a 44 caliber bore of the worst sort. Take the man whose supreme if not wa only virtue lies in the fact that he takes a cold water bath every morning' the whole year round. You meet him wr iii the ear, in the street, in the course Inf of business anywhere, and no matter up what the topic may be at the start the len conversation is bound to include an ac- Poi count--quite incidental, of course-of how on the frostiest of mornings he for fro'es in the ice cold water just as it f comes from the hydrant. Ma Then there's the man who walks an( dow'i to his otlice every morning, rain dri or snow, in sunshine and in storm. The more distant his home from his office the more he will talk about it. and he , will tell you that he has become so ac- Cit' customed to it that the only time he turi can get an extra tbrill out of it is when obt the streets are deep with snow and the Col wind is blowin.; a hurricane. in Heaven may forgive the man who a rises at 5 summer and winter, spring wh and fall. We never can. The early d0 riser is not a criminal simply because at t thje law does not designate his of- Foi fnse as a crime. But it is admitted that the law has its defects. Nothing can approach the look of superiority Thi on the face of the early riser. He has Chi found the only road to health or talk wealth. The books he has read before tas1 breakfast would if collected in a heap make the Congressional library look small. There are some who would place in tior the first rank of this group that rug- anc ged, hardy, vigorous, full blooded gen- cot tieman who can't breathe in a room cie unless all the windows and doors are nci open. The lower the pressure of steam in the radiator, the lower the mercury in its tube and the wilder the play of fra the winds over the roofs and around the corners the more insistent is he that you are imperiling your very life by not occupying an office wide open to every wind that blows. Oh, Spartan virtue is a fine thing, but t( it would be simply sublime if its mod ern exponents and inculcators wouid just keep still about it.-Washington an4 Post the Co. BITS FROM THE WRITERS. Marriage was invented, like trustees, cr to save lovers from beggaring them selves.-Alfred Austin. Of all slaveries this sad world knowsun there is no slavery so terrible as the slavery of a sensitive man to a bys- Dr terical, selfish woman.-T. P. O'Connor. A popular novel is a compound of , amusement and admonition, and the most popular are those in which clown ing is sandwiched with preaching. George Moore. That we have a knocker on our dcors means that we are not boors and barbarians, that we do not call on a man by climbing into a window or dropping down a chimney.-G. K. Ches-, terton. A woman will self deniy herself off the face of the earth to save a few pence, which a man will have the good sense to spend on himself to keel) up his strength, for work, of course. Sarah Grand. Scotch Stories It was late in the afternoon when the Scotch minister arrived at the farmhouse. The housewife suggested that perhaps he would like a cup of tea before engaging in "exercises." "Na, na," said he, "I aye tak' my tea better when my work Is done. I'll just be gaun on. Ye can hing the pan on and leave thle door ajar, an' I'll draw to a close in the prayer when I hear the haami fizzin'." Another woman of Scotland 'when asked if she had understood the ser :on to which she had just been lis tening replied, "Wad I hae the pre sumption?"' Liberty Halls, "This is Liberty hall, and you may smoke in the garden," is a maxim which has become typical of one sort of hospitality. Another version has jst been perpetrated by a member of theO early rising fraternity. "I wish," said the host, "every one to do as he likes in my house." It sounded very friendly, but on go ing to his bedroom the guest found a little card stating the times of meals. "rakfast, at 7:30," and in an N. B. was aded, "It will be cleared awayI at S:30." The Golden Mean. The motto of the Greeks was "Noth ng to:) m uch."S An excess of courage is brutality. An excess of economy is penurious ness. An excess of gtasteis isrecocity. An excess of tastens is ecocity.I An excess of confidence is egotism. Who will sbow us where to draw the lie-Ernest N. Lyon In Everybody's Magazine. A Happy Pair. Sylla-Hlow is it that you and your husbnd ngcree so well? Mrs. Rlay Well you ' )1se. hte has giv'en up his club. Sylla--And you? Mrs. Ray-I have g~vivu amateur cookery. With. thse tw'o dcstroyers of domestic felici ty ,one, why should we not be happy? Foe:' Hloney and Tar contains no i opiates andi can safely be given to chili-5 drenH andI is peculiarly adapted for ahma bronchitis nd horeness. e Within Lke advantage of the greate "Close out all cotton goods voven fabrics, beginning Mo - our customers. are working day and night ensive are here in great quz vas a big success. go-Ager VNA U( Eleptomania is a disease for ich the victims are always A ing something. H( A Creeping Death. 3lood poison creeps up to rds the heait, causing death. E. Stearns, Belle Plaine, Minn., tes that a friend dreadfully ared his hand, which swelled like blood poisoning. Buck 's Arnica Salve drew out the son, healed the wound, and ed his life. Bast in the world T burns and sores. 25c at Mc- I ster Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s * I John H. McMaster & Co.'s ig stores. A Good Suggestion. [r. C. B. Wainwrigbt. of Lemon y, Fla., has written the manufa- Take rs that much better results ai. ained from the use of Chamberlain's ic, Cholera and Diarrhoa Remedy rases of pains in the stomach, colic ! cholera morbus by taking it in :er as hot as can be drank. That en taken in this way the effect is ible in rapidity. "It seems to get he right spot instantly," he says. sale by Obear Drug Co. C line Has Stood the Test 25 Years. 3 old, original GROVE'S Tasteless 11 Tonic. You know what you are ing. It is iron and quinine in a B( eless form. No cure. no pay. 50c. C10.( Disb What is Foley's Kidney Cure? 84.5( .Fori swer: It is made from a prescrip- pric of a leading Chicago physician, l one of the most eminent in tne ntry. The ingredients are the est that money can buy, and are Hi ntifically combined to get their ut- to $1 st value. Sold by McMaster Co. [2.2 rhe second blow makes the' y, but not if the first is well ced. B( A. Lesson in Health. Sala Iealthy kidneys ilter the -inpuri- $ from the blood, and unless they do$5( 3 good health is impossible. Foley's iney Cure makes sound kidneys and positively cure all forms of kidney! A I bladder disease. It strengthens whole system. Sold by McMaster w here's many a slip 'twixt the I2.0, dle and the grave. Cloc Vhile a bilious attack is decidedly 0. leasant it is quickly over when: mat uimberain's Stomach and Liver If lets are used. For sale by Obear tran g Co. \Vat Grlas P. STOMAGA E od gt is ie f-om 'food roprly diges.ted. Ihealthy digestion means pure blood for the body, but ston:ach troubles arise from carelessness in casing and stomach disorders upset the entire sy-stem. Imrop ery manisticated fo~od rours~ on the } stomach, causin~g diressing rins, belchh Lg and rausca. whenover-catingiu pers.ed im I and vrorn out and diszpcti claims the victim. T hced for d's Black-Draught cures dyspensia. It fr-ecs the hi stomach and bow.eL cf congested si matter and gives the sto:mnh new life. The stomawch is quickly p invigoraica andl the natural j stimulation resuits in a good appetite. with the power to tor oughly dig~cat food. You can bud up yourtdOmach with this *i' 'r d u:'.iral remedy. Tr- Theaford'a Ulaciz DraughtW' od r can buy -. If he doesno hal fort sn the money to T-e C -ttanioga Medicine Co. Chitanoca, Tenn., and a packap wdl ie mailed you. It should be borne in mind that every cold weakens the lungs, low - r the vitality and prepares the system for the more serious dis eases, amor.g which are the two greatest destroyers of human life, 5 pneumonia and consumption. Chamberlainss Cough Remedy c has won its great popularity by its M ~ar prompt cures of this most common day ailment. It aids expectoration, re lieves the lungs and opens the ta secretions, effecting a speedy and at 1 permanent cure. It counteracts bee any tendency toward pneumonia. pet Price 25c, Large Size 50c. J A 00 M t sale of this season's you have in next ten d nday, May i.," lie and to keep up with our gr ntities. They are mad ts for Butterick Patterr H& HAPPY )ME Is one where health abounds. With impure blood there cannot be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good bl!ood. Ut 'S Pills ify the torpid LIVER and restore1 atural action. A healthy LIVER means pure blood. - -I Pure blood means health. Health means happiness. no Substitute. All Drugrists. WANT TO BUY A edding Present? me in and let us show you our of goods suitable for the occasiodr. Sterling Silver. rrv Bowls, handsome designs, O 'to $50.00. Bonbon and Olive es, $3.50 to $10.00. Carving Sets, to $10.00. Sterliig Silver Spoons, :s, Ladles in variety at attractive Cut Glass. Ludsonle Berry Bowls, $5.50, $6.50 5.00. Bonbon and Olive Dishes, to $4.00. Decanters, $S.50 to 0. Sugar and Cream, $6.00 to $9.00. Fine China. autifully decorated, i m p o r t e d I Bowls, $3.00 to $5.50. Cracker $2.75 to $4.50. Chocolate Pots, to $.5.50. Cake Plates, 72c. to Good Clock is Always Acceptable. e have a nice assortment of Clocks. 11 silver and gold artistic designs, to $5.00, Eight-day Mantle ks, striking hours and half hours, to $10.00. Handsome gold Clocks, 0 to $25.00. Candelebra in gold to h gold clocks, $5.50 to $10.50. you can't conme write for our Illus d Catalogue of staple goods, viz., ches, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut s, etc. I-. LA CHIICOT TE & CO.1 424 Plain Street, Columbia, S. C. Deciding the Piano Question. ;hickering Fischer Enabe Vose lehlin Mathushek sehr Bros. Lester Lnd Smith & Barnes. Ye have enough kinds of Pianos re to meet your wishecs and de rs-exarctly the kind of piano >u ought to have, ait precisely the I -ic you wvish to pa:y, anil on most anryterms you as.. MALON E'S \iusic House Ovrp. Y. M. C. A. Cohunubin. S. C. PIANOS and ORGANS. Overworked KIDNEYS Murray's Buchu, Gin arnd Juni w is. prescriibed and end ersedl by ninent, prhysrcans. t cures hein all else fails. Prevents Kid sy Disease, Droprsy, Bright's isease, etc. At all dIrug stores. $1.00 a Bottle, Or Direct fromr THE MURRAY DR~UG CO,, Columbia, s. C. Final Discharge. ti-e is herebyv given that S. S. man, Executor of the last Will Testament of the estate of Mrs. v A. Fancette. deceased, has this made application unto me for a dischrarge as such Executor, andl the 11th day of May, A. D). 1905, o'clock A. M., at 'my office, haw appointed for the hearing of said ion. D. A. BROOM, dge of Probate Fairfield Co., S. C.| iles of Colon more desirable cotton fabrics on at our: ays, as the H. B. Claflin Co. will sell On< the head of our house, Mr. Mimnaugh, owing millinery trade. Stock complete, e over the handsome, up=to=date models Is. S0., C o u m b ie From Chicago, every day, March i Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Sacrar California. Tickets good in touri berth, Chicago to San Francisco, Lo< and many other points in Californi: Union Passenger Station, Chicago, i Chicago, Milwa AD Union PacIfic-Soui If you are thinking of such a trip, it at least cxpense. Handsome book descriptive of Calif F. A. MILLER, General Passenger Agent, c z245 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO. Co-nplete information will be sent free on receipt of this coupon with blank lines filled. Coupon should be mailed to-day. To Cure a Co -raeLaxative Bromo Quinhii Seven MEcio bases sold in past 12 manthe. 'Ti MURRAY'Sulow's I IXURE.The Blue RibI Nwithe time to take a _ spring tomic By far the best thing to take is Mlurray's Iron A beautiful fil Mixture. It makes pure~ blood bination stallion and gets rid of that tired feeling,. esna ea At all druggists. sw ieas abe] 50c a Bottle. $10.00 for the: Or Direct from sent from a disl cents per day. THE MURRAY DRUG CO., A. M. Owens, 3 ' columbia, s. C. is hereby autbo: ________________________-fees due for servi, the past season. lul tIAE~ TFOES Beginning We( Comet will be at GROWN BY US. Jin Winnsboro eve T.]I Carnations........7e. to $1.00 per dozen 3-29-3m R Roses (tine greenhouse) ... $2.00 to $3.50 per dozen A Big Gin Hyacinths (Roman)... 50e. to 75c. per dozen lt dn oe Narcissus, Paper White....7$e. per dozen Liyof Valley....$1.00 to $1.50 per dozen we offer for sale Boxes of Pretty Mixed Flowers.... fu n odn $1.00 to $5.00 inch suction fan Baskets of Pretty Mixed Flowers ..- ning condition. $1.50 to $10.00 This is an oppoi Only the finest up-to-date varieties a mrvmn OU UTOpatGET THE BEST ate stral Artistic Bouquets for-all purposes ... Thbe Ridgeway $1.00 to $10.00 STYLISH H[OME AND CHURCH TA DElCORATIoNS. TA We make a specialty of will look as good Fine Wedding Work. will have it-clean< Iam prepared to Wreaths, Crosses, Anchors, &c., you at the most r< $2.00 up. and I guarantee s In ordering Bouquets or Designs having your sui give us an idea of what you want and pressed it will Joe pice, and we will please you. Cut better all the whb Flowers, Plants, Bulbs and Seed' shipped everywhere so much longer. I been in the habit WRITE for PRICE LIST of SEEDS suit kept in good Tnow ad see how i ROSE fiEli UI 1IUn ion there wl ei looks of the suit a 517 Main Street, COLUMBIA, s. C. wear. Give me a ti store for the NEXT TEN , Million Dollars' worth will be on, and buy for styles the best, prices as our finer shoes. t, S. C. to May 15, 1905, to San Francisco, nento and many other points in ;t sleeping cars. Rate for double Angeles, Santa Barbara, Sacramcnto , $7. Through train service from if the ukee & St. Paul 1D ithern Pacific Line this is your opportunity to make :>rnia sent for six cents' postage. W. S. HOWELL, rGeneral I?actern1 Agent, ssz Broadway, nlEW YORK CITY. treet A ddress__________________ ~robable DcTiatio - Idin One Day * >on Stallion. -e-year'-old comn will make this ['ree Plantation, tidgeway. Fee THE HECE L.OG BEAM season. Mares SAW H I L K, ance kept at 50wa ~insbooS. ., HEACOCK-KING FEED WORKS ~-zd to collect: ENeGIzs AND BoILEas. WooDWom~rs ~e by Comet for1 xxarG is SHINGLE AN sT nesday May 3' GiBBEs MACHINERT Co.. Owens' stables -Columbia. s. C. ry Wednesday. THE GIBBES SHINGL.E MACNIME . BUJLOW, dgeway, S. C. UNDERTAKING. Bargain. WILL BE CONTINUED 1[ large our plant the future the same as inth, a two-gin lint in the old establishment in :is r, and a thirty departments with a full s'aek of in perfect run- Caskets, Burial Cases and 4Jiis constantly on hand, an&.. use of tunity to make hearse whien requested. n your ginnery Thankful for past~ pah'onage below the ex. and solicitous for a Fhare inath ,t first hand, future, in the old sta'ad. Ginnery Co. Calls attended to at atl'hours. TII ELLIOTT SIR SHOP. SUIT J. ii. ELLIOTT & CO. as new if you d and pressed. Business Education Pays do the work for asonable prices Largest Dividends ! stisf action. By t cleaned and ENERa NOW k ever so mnuch _______ lf ynd will lot We offer best terms. Satisfaction f .o av o guaranteed. Course of study the most of having your practicatl. No Business College offers order, begin it .better advantages. Our graduates are nueh satisfact- ini demand. Hundreds are in positions; 2 the improved tio~nan assist you. 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